Commitments And Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]

	Year		Cumulative		Future
	Ended		Charges		Charges
		December 31,		December 31,	and		Total
(in millions)	2015		2015		Costs		Amount
Fine payable to the state (1)	$	100	$	300	$	-	$	300
Customer bill credit		400		400		-		400
Charge for disallowed capital (2)		407		407		282		689
Disallowed revenue for pipeline safety
expenses (3)		-		-		161		161
CPUC estimated cost of other remedies (4)		-		-		-		50
Total Penalty Decision fines and remedies	$	907	$	1,107	$	473	$	1,600

(1) In March 2015, the Utility increased its accrual from $200 million at December 31, 2014 to $300 million.

(2) The Penalty Decision prohibits the Utility from recovering certain expenses and capital spending associated with pipeline safety-related projects and programs that the CPUC will identify in the final decision to be issued in the Utility’s 2015 GT&S rate case. The Utility estimates that approximately $407 million of capital spending (which include less than $1 million for remedy related capital costs) in the year ended December 31, 2015 is probable of disallowance, subject to adjustment based on the final 2015 GT&S rate case decision.

(3) These costs are being expensed as incurred. Future GT&S revenues will be reduced for these unrecovered expenses.

(4) In the Penalty Decision, the CPUC estimated that the Utility would incur $50 million to comply with the remedies specified in the Penalty Decision and does not reflect the Utility’s remedy-related costs already incurred nor the Utility’s estimated future remedy-related costs. These costs are being expensed as incurred.

Schedule of Environmental Remediation Liability

	Balance at
(in millions)	December 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Topock natural gas compressor station (1)	$	300	$	291
Hinkley natural gas compressor station (1)		140		158
Former manufactured gas plant sites owned by the Utility or third parties		271		257
Utility-owned generation facilities (other than fossil fuel-fired), other facilities, and third-party disposal sites		164		150
Fossil fuel-fired generation facilities and sites		94		98
Total environmental remediation liability	$	969	$	954

(1) See “Natural Gas Compressor Station Sites” below.

Schedule Of Undiscounted Future Expected Power Purchase Agreement Payments

The following table shows the undiscounted future expected obligations under power purchase agreements that have been approved by the CPUC and have met specified construction milestones as well as undiscounted future expected payment obligations for natural gas supplies, natural gas transportation, natural gas storage, and nuclear fuel as of December 31, 2015:

	Power Purchase Agreements
	Renewable		Conventional				Natural		Nuclear
(in millions)	Energy		Energy		Other		Gas		Fuel		Total
2016	$	2,177	$	772	$	504	$	421	$	113	$	3,987
2017		2,201		787		380		150		100		3,618
2018		2,075		706		359		105		96		3,341
2019		2,087		694		290		105		98		3,274
2020		2,077		674		213		103		133		3,200
Thereafter		29,098		1,729		997		543		185		32,552
Total purchase
commitments	$	39,715	$	5,362	$	2,743	$	1,427	$	725	$	49,972

Schedule of Future Minimum Payments For Operating Leases

PG&E Corporation and the Utility have other commitments related to operating leases (primarily office facilities and land), which expire at various dates between 2016 and 2052. At December 31, 2015, the future minimum payments related to these commitments were as follows:

(in millions)	Operating Leases
2016	$	40
2017		41
2018		40
2019		38
2020		37
Thereafter		194
Total minimum lease payments	$	390

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of a lessee's leasing arrangements including: (1) the basis on which contingent rental payments are determined, (2) the existence and terms of renewal or purchase options and escalation clauses, (3) restrictions imposed by lease arrangements, such as those concerning dividends, additional debt, and further leasing, (4) rent holidays, rent concessions, or leasehold improvement incentives and unusual provisions or conditions. Disclosure may also include the specific period used to amortize material leasehold improvements made at the inception of the lease or during the lease term. Additionally, for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year: (a) future minimum rental payments required as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) the total of minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, and (c) for all operating leases, rental expense for each period for which an income statement is presented, with separate amounts for minimum rentals, contingent rentals, and sublease rentals. Rental payments under leases with terms of a month or less that were not renewed need not be included.

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